Recently, I've become one of the fawning subjects of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. She is not just the Queen of Denmark. As a European Royal, the British automatically include her as a "Stranger Lady of the Order of the Garter" (fact). This is a VERY exclusive club and you must be Royal or at the very least, entered as a contact in Elizabeth's iPhone.
My own personal opinion of the concept of a Monarchy must be stated up front: Mette likes the Queen. Another member of our immediate family says "Off with their Heads" but I can't mention Lars' name because I know the secret police monitor my blog.
Danish Secret Police Undercover Cyber Intelligence Unit
Well, it's the Queen's 75th birthday this year so we went up to her Fredensborg Palace (near our house) to wave at the Queen and then we went into Copenhagen to wave at her there. By now she knew us as locals at her winter home, so I expected to have a coffee and a smoke with her. Not so. Seems she has quite the following.
Hello Queen!! I'm over here - wave at me!
She waved at me!
It's quite the event when the Queen makes a scheduled appearance at the balcony. There were thousands of loyal subjects and school groups attending. None of the school kids are very excited (including our own) because they have not yet learned the satisfaction of idol worship.
Burger King hands out crowns because they believe in the Monarchy.
She granted us a wave, we sang a song. She hopped into a carriage for a ride through the streets, we followed and she waved. The horses are nice and the sound of horseshoes on cobblestones stirs a primal urge to shoot guns at foreigners. Makes me want to send Steen off to defend the Russian crown from those uneducated peasant commies.
Fact: Almost all of the riders are women.
Juicy Gossip: the Prince (husband of Queen) is jealous of her attention. He didn't show up today because he was at the apartment of his mistress. (I made the last part up, but he's a Frenchman so you will believe it).
Now what does the future hold for these wonderful people who wave at us? There are two princes: the Crown Prince Frederik and the standby Prince Joachim. They are not interesting but their wives are. Crown Prince is married to a Commoner! He married the Australian beauty, Mary Donaldson from Tasmania.
Joachim, who is not very popular (divorced once if you can believe it), remarried to a beauty named Marie from France/Switzerland. She is definitely not a commoner! Much royal blood courses through her veins. You can debate which one is prettier, because that is a national pastime.
Mary on the left, Queen in the middle, Marie on the right. Who's the hottest?
HINT: remember what I said about the secret police earlier - pick the queen!
So, I have now been closer to the Queen of Denmark than to my very own Queen of England. She waved at me and I must say, she is very good at it. More gold for the Queen! Long Live the Queen!! Bring out the Princesses!!!
Late breaking news from the local paper: The Queen's husband was spotted in Venice when he should have been at the Queen's side waving at people! They said he was sick! I was right all along!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou could be in the above mentioned Cyber Intelligence Unit!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure this country can HANDLE THE TRUTH!
DeleteRick-I subconsciously must have named my oldest son after that teacher-his name is Clarke-and he is over 6 feet tall-so I will not argue with him either cause he is big enough to do the same thing. For the record-I still believe the color wine is pronounced wyaan-regardless of the beatdown.- David L
ReplyDeleteHilarious - I can't believe that you even remember the topic of your argument with Mrs. Clark. BTW whenever I read Calvin and Hobbes, the teacher in the comic strip reminds me of her.
DeleteI'd like to think that she didn't cause any permanent damage to your brain but something scrambled your eggs so we might as well blame the school system!